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Starbreeze has announced that it's working on a new IP alongside award-winning film director Josef Fares (pictured) and The Story Lab.
Fares is said to be a "household name in Sweden" thanks to the "box office hit" Jalla! Jalla! and "blockbusters" such as Kopps, Zozo and Farsan.
Starbreeze is a name we're more familiar with. The 90-man Swedish studio worked on the Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness and is currently handling EA's Syndicate reboot.
Fares said of the new project: "I love games, and I have been working on a games concept for quite some time. The more I worked with the concept, the more convinced I felt that this is a solid game idea."
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Brown spotting...
I'm 5 weeks, 3 days. Yesterday morning, I woke up to light brown spotting when I wiped and some light cramping. It continued all day, light brown when wiping. I called my OB and she said that it sounds like I was miscarrying. I asked if I could come in for an ultrasound and a blood test to see if my hcg levels were still rising or falling, and she said no that she'd see me next week for my scheduled appt. I was so upset! A dr cannot make that diagnosis over the phone without further testing! I went to the ER and had a black quarter sized amount on my pantyliner. They checked my hcg, 13,000 and my progesterone, 20. Which was great! I had an ultrasound which showed a healthy gestational sac and yolk sac measuring early 5 weeks, accurate! I was sent home on bed rest with a diagnosis of a threatened miscarriage. As for today, there is only little black dry blood specs on the TP and still some light cramping. I'm so scared of miscarrying, but trying to stay positive! Anyone have this?!
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Thank you everyone! Here's an update- So far, so good! I'm only on moderate bed rest now, but I'm still pregnant! I stopped spotting, but still having some dull cramps, but we think it's from my endometriosis. I go Tuesday for an ultrasound to hear the heart beat, prayers!! My levels have been doubling like they should, so that's very reassuring!posted 08/05/2012 by xbreezy27x
For all the ladies frustrated at the docs: There isn't anything the doctors can do, it's so early in the pregnancy and if you miscarry, it was out of your and the doc's control. Also, I'm sure doctors and midwives hear this kind of thing from pregnant women left and right. They know bleeding is common in early pregnancy, they know chances of miscarrying in early pregnancy. There really isn't anything to do but go about a normal routine. I understand bedside manner can be troublesome, and I had a similar reaction from my midwife about my spotting just a couple days ago, so it happened to me too. I know what you're talking about.posted 08/09/2012 by maisigh
praying for you. im new to all this but i think as long as its not deep red your ok.posted 08/02/2012 by Flygirl30
Praying for you and I believe everything will be fine.I spotted for almost 30DAYS initially thinking it was my period and in the midst of all these travelled a lot and did a lot of physical stuff.When my hubby could bear it no longer he just bundled me to my OB.All the tests were fine baby fine I was fine.BUT the only recommendation was bed rest and these two weeks strict bed rest with no stress in the world has worked the miracle.So stay well rested in BED as much as you can and see the wonders it works.Best wishes.posted 08/02/2012 by Afrochic234
Not to frighten you but black or grey are very bad signs, they mean dead tissue. In 2010 I had a horrible missed miscarriage and also had black specks when I wiped after a time, it looked like cigarette ashes. Please call your doctor and tell her. They will want to recheck your levels to see if they are rising or falling. Good luck, I hope that you a better outcome than I did in 2010.posted 08/03/2012 by padfoot39
Brown (or pink) discharge for a couple of days around the time of your period can also be an early sign of pregnancy — and it's often one many women don't notice (or even have). It's caused by implantation bleeding, which occurs when a fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine lining (usually five to 10 days after conception). It's hard at this stage to distinguish whether physical symptoms like bloating, breast swelling and acne are caused by pregnancy or premenstrual syndrome. But if you experience brown spotting, recently had unprotected sex and your period is late by more than a few days, it's a good idea to take a pregnancy test. I would like to recommend you the book from http://pregnancyhours.com if you are trying to get pregnant. This comprehensive guide can show you what you should do and shouldn't do to get pregnant fast and naturally.posted 12/13/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
Dr. bedside manner aside - as someone else said, if you will miscarry there's nothing much they can do so there's no point in them seeing you when you're spotting. Hang in there and good luck - my best friend had spotting throughout her first trimester, and delivered a beautiful (slightly preterm) baby boy in July. Good luck!posted 10/20/2012 by buburuza6
Too much stress cn cause bleeding.. Both phyically n mentally.. So rest is the best option..posted 08/24/2012 by Sushoma nagaraj
I would rest and not work out until you find out from your doctor that everything okposted 08/20/2012 by fox8dream
I'm making the assumption that what I'm going through is normal then? I'm about 5 weeks along and started spotting 2 days ago. It's a very light brown. I don't see my Dr. until Thurs and today is Mon. I've had 2 early m/c before this, so I panic a little easy. I saw that someone said its good to rest until it stops??? I work out w/ friends 2x a week - does that mean I shouldn't? B/c I've also been told its good to stay active. I'm a little confused right now :/ Any advice? I'm putting off calling my dr as long as possible since I go in at the end of the week.posted 08/20/2012 by arielstar
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Re:more simplifications and fewer cats, please (197 comments)
You are clearly wrong. The Cat is neither alive nor dead, and heralds the birth of the zombie apocalypse. Run while you still can!
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Re:more simplifications and fewer cats, please (197 comments)
You are clearly wrong. The Cat is neither alive nor dead, and heralds the birth of the zombie apocalypse. Run while you still can!
Re:Quantum (56 comments)
Microsoft hired the VMS developers to write Windows NT, so technically that part happened too. Many intrusions are about as hard as knocking on a door too, so overall i think it is pretty accurate.
Re:100bpm 90bpm? (169 comments)
Those might just be the people who thought it was the silly option, but were disappointed that it didn't say: "It's over... 9000".
Re:One down... (385 comments)
I thought his cat already had a point and click interface. The button is on the laser pointer.
Missing Option (148 comments)
There's a missing option:
"I'm stuck at McMurdo, you insensitive clod!"
I do not happen to be one of those people, but I'm sure that the people at the pole who read slashdot would have liked their own more accurate option.
No easy answer: (509 comments)
The answer really depends on several things, but she should start by looking at what she is good at and what she enjoys doing. Trouble is, for kids coming out of high school, they may or may not really know either one of those things yet. I knew right off that I enjoyed writing computer programs (taught myself Basic and some C during high school), so I went for a CS degree for system programming in college, and ended up working as a sysadmin. My wife was the opposite, and didn't find out that she enjoyed working in health care until having to get a "real job" after a couple really bad years of college. I also have a nephew who spent almost 8 years in college, switching majors (and sometimes colleges) every semester for the first 5 years until he found a passion for social work.
If she doesn't have a specific field that she is interested in, but she does want to go to college, I would recommend she pick a degree program that offers an Associates degree mid-way through, (or just go for an Associates of General Studies,) in order to make it easier to get a job or switch colleges halfway through, should the need arise. (In other words: be prepared.) If she wants to go into a field where she would need an advanced degree such as a Masters or PhD, I recommend picking a university that offers the advanced program she wants for her Bachelors' degree, as they often offer automatic acceptance to students who received their undergrad from them, and also may offer dual grad-school credit for some advanced undergrad classes.
With regards to books recommending one avoid studying computer science, I have one statement: We have not reached the Singularity yet, and if nobody studies computer science, how are we supposed to get there?
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No, it's silent Bob. J is rather talkative.
Re:Meanwhile in realityland... (197 comments)
"Don't be evil" =/= "Don't be an asshole"
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Keyboard? AT keyboard. check.
Video? VGA. check.
Mouse? serial mouse. check.
... so technically yes. Or is that not the KVM you expected?
Re:It is God. (293 comments)
Pigs are not vegetarian, so pig eats vegetarian human?
Re:An article that suggests a counter-effect.... (784 comments)
You logic may be faulty. An increase in height of a continental shelf relative to the center of mass of the earth should cause decrease in the depth of the nearby ocean basins, and so a localized decrease in the size of the ocean basin surrounding that continental shelf, which would effectively increase the water displacement of the continent.
Disclaimer: I am not a geologist, so my logic may also have faults.
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My F's go to 11. (keyboard is missing a key)
Re:Um no (224 comments)
Base pi, of course.
Re:"death" or curable condition (104 comments)
What it definitly is not is some sort of quantum state indicating that the body is about to undergo soul removal.
Unless it also predicts that the person in question will become a politician within the next 5 years.
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From what I hear, it is mostly based on how much the city is willing to bend backwards to accommodate a quick rollout. Google doesnt have to work with uncooperative cities.
This is true. Overland Park got dropped because the city government was being uncooperative.
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The Colleco Adam? That was a design nightmare.
Isn't that the one that would degauss any tapes that you left inserted, because it generated a small EMP when the power switch was flipped?
Re:Are we even sure all electrons are the same? (299 comments)
Couldn't decide whether to be pedantic about partial charges, or abuse of the English language...
Congratulations, you have broken my pedantry filter.
Re:Can we just call it a "partitioned universe" (458 comments)
A more apt desctiption is our universe is like a cupcake sitting on a platter with (but not touching) a bunch of other cup cakes made from the same batch of batter. Each is slightly different, but they are all made of the exact same stuff and are pretty similar.
The string theory multiverse is more like a bakery display case, with a bunch of different types of pastries that have different ingredients and all look quite different.
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I don't trust the tin foil makers. What can I do?
Switch to cellophane. The tin foil acts as an antenna anyway.
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2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain.
Well, fuck, now I have to avoid certain godda... I mean darn curse words. It won't clean up my filthy language, but I'll be careful not to put certain words together!
The most mistranslated commandment. It has nothing to do with cussing.
A better phrasing would be "Do not take the name of God for the sake of vanity," or in simpler English "Do not call yourself one of God's followers just to make yourself look good."
When you look at it that way, it is probably the most violated commandment of all time.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It can scan zombies, replace a TV remote, open a window into virtual worlds and shoot ninja stars across a living room. It's the Wii U GamePad, the 10-by-5-inch touchscreen controller for the successor to the Wii out Sunday, and if you ask the brains behind the "Super Mario Bros." about it, they say it's going to change the way video games are made and played.
"You can't manufacture buzz," said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. "You can't manufacture word of mouth. All we can do is to provide the product and the games to foster some sparks that hopefully enable that to happen. We think we have that with Wii U."
Much like the iPad, the curvaceous GamePad features a touchscreen that can be manipulated with the simple tap or swipe of a finger, but it's surrounded by the kinds of buttons, bumpers, thumbsticks and triggers that are traditionally found on a modern-day game controller. There's also a camera, stylus, microphone, headphone jack and speakers.
While the Wii U can employ its predecessor's motion-control remotes with a sensor bar that similarly detects them in front of the TV, the console's focus on two-screen experiences makes it feel more like a high-definition, living-room rendition of the Nintendo DS and 3DS, the Japanese gaming giant's dual-screen hand-held devices, than the original Wii.
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The touchscreen controller can also serve as a makeshift TV remote control and online video aggregator for services like Netflix and Amazon Instant Video. (Nintendo cheekily calls it TVii and announced Friday that it won't be available until December.) Some games have the ability to flip-flop between the TV screen and the GamePad screen, allowing for non-gaming use of the TV.
There are limitations to the GamePad: it won't work after it's been moved 25 feet away from the Wii U console; it lasts about three to five hours after charging; and while its touchscreen is intuitive as those that have come before it, the GamePad is not quite as simple to use as the Wii controllers that had everyone bowling in their living rooms.
"Is the GamePad more complex than the Wii Remote was six years ago? Certainly," said Fils-Aime. "On the other hand, I believe consumers will easily grasp the GamePad and what we're trying to do with the varied experiences we'll have not only at launch but over the next number of years in this system's life."
The abilities of the GamePad are most notably showcased by Nintendo Co. in the amusement park-themed mini-game collection "Nintendo Land," which comes with the deluxe edition of the console. "Nintendo Land" turns the GamePad into several different tools, such as the dashboard of a spaceship or the ultimate advantage in a game of hide-and-seek.
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2014-2015 Service Trips
Meet the Site Leader, Gaby Teixeira:
Hello! My name is Gaby Teixeira, I am a senior Biology major here at NSU. I am so excited to serve alongside others with a passion for animals on the Jacksonville Service Trip! Taking the time to give a little bit back is the most rewarding experience possible, especially if you are doing what you love. Service trips are a great way to community service while exploring new places and meeting new people. This will be my second time leading a service trip and I know we are going to have an incredible time! =)
On our first service trip of the 2014–2015 year, 10 Fort Lauderdale Campus students joined students from the Jacksonville Regional Campus by working in the morning at the Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary where they worked to beautify the facility by painting enclosures, landscaping, and construction on new cabins/enclosures to name a few. Later that evening we headed to the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens to volunteer with one of their biggest events of the year.
Meet the Site Leader, Christian Hernandez:
My name is Christian Hernandez. I'm a senior at NSU and I'm devoted to helping others and making an impact within my community. I'm super excited to work with other students in this trip to make a difference in other people's lives. I want this trip to be full of great memories and experiences that will last a life time.
We will be splitting our group of participants into two groups to work towards to different social issues. Half of us will be working with Habitat for Humanity and half with Feeding America. The participants who work with Habitat for Humanity will be assisting in building a home. The participants who work with Feeding America will be working with a food bank to help feed people in need.
Meet the Site Leader, Jay Howard:
I choose to be involved as a student leader because I want to be a positive role model to those around me. I wanted to step up and be a part of something larger than myself, and because this decision to do so, I have accomplished things here I never thought I would have the opportunity to do in my lifetime. By getting involved as a student leader, I have found my true passion, and from this, I truly believe I can make a difference.
On our trip to Orlando we will be working at the Farm Workers Association in Apopka, Fl. FWAF's guiding vision is a social environment where farmworkers' contribution, dignity, and worth is acknowledged, appreciated and respected through economic, social, and environmental justice. This vision includes farmworkers being treated as equals, and not exploited and discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, immigrant status, or socioeconomic status. Participants will spend the morning helping clean their fields and use the afternoon to learn about and tour the Lake Apopka Toxic Tour.
Meet the Site Leader, Rachel Salveson:
Hello I am Rachel Salveson, a senior Biology major at NSU. This will be my third service trip and second time serving as a facilitator. I am very involved on campus and love what I do! I am currently a Sharkette Dancer as well as the President of Dance Marathon here at NSU. I am originally from Chicago and am the oldest of five children. In the future my goal to to become a pediatric surgeon and work in underprivileged areas.
This will be our 7th year traveling to New Orleans for our Alternative Spring Break program. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive hurricanes in the Atlantic. Last year, our participants did multiple projects such as restoring a warehouse into a community center and spent some time at a horse rescue farm.
Meet the Site Leader, Victoria Kendig:
Victoria Kendig from Dayton, Ohio. Freshman majoring in Environmental Science and minoring in marine biology. I am excited to lead my trip because I love participating in community service and I am excited to get involved with more environmental service again as well as get others involved with the trip!
We will be working at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. One of the projects we will be doing is taking kayaks out on the ocean to clean up trash. We will also be helping the facility with any project they have at that time.
Meet the Site Leader, Tiara Bland:
My name is Tiara Bland and I am a 2nd year graduate student in the school psychology specialist program. I am originally from Baltimore, MD. I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Relations from Trinity Washington University located in Washington, DC. On campus, I currently serve as the Alumni Relations and Mentorship Chair for the Graduate Association for School Psychology and a Teacher's Assistant. While being a full-time student and actively involved in school, I am a teacher's aide at the Mailman Segal Center for Human Development. Also, I am a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. On my free time, I enjoy working out, reading, going to the beach, traveling, relaxing, and hanging out with friends.
I am excited to lead the Jamaica trip because I get to lead other students of NSU to doing exceptional service in the Blue Mountains. Also, I am excited to lead the Jamaica service trip because this will be my second time returning to do international service. My first time going in May was one of the best experiences of doing service in my life. I am also excited to lead the Jamaica trip because I look forward to making sure this trip meets the expectations of students participating on this trip. I want to make sure that students on the trip are enjoying the work that they are doing for the week, but also enjoying the cultural aspects of the trip as well. For example, trying new foods, getting to know their host family, learning the language Patois, and much more.
This will be our third year we have gone internationally to work in Jamaica. We will be working with The Blue Mountain Project. During this alternative break trip participants will be working in classrooms with students from Pre-K to sixth grade. Participants will lead literacy groups, as well as assist in after-school programming, such as tutoring and arts and crafts.
To see pictures from our service trips, please visit our Facebook page or on Instagram (SLCEatNSU)
Previous Service Trips
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From May 6-13, NSU students took a trip without comparison. They travelled to Guyana to help put together a library for students in a village outside of Georgetown, Guyana's capital. Click here to read the blog from the Guyana trip.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Jacksonville
From February 1-3, 2013, NSU students from main campus and the NSU Jacksonville campus, together worked with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Jacksonville in lending hands to the community.
Jamaica Summer Experience Students traveled to Penlyne Castle, St. Thomas Parish, Jamaica from May 5-12, 2013 to work with Blue Mountain Project in the mountains above Kingston. Participants worked with children at a local primary school providing arts and crafts activities, 1:1 instruction and homework help, and also learning about what it means to live in such a remote area. |
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The cast features five boy band archetypes - the bad boy, the cute one, the talent, the older one and the weird one. Each show concludes with a live, choreographed performance of a pop song with lyrics improvised by the cast. Original pop tracks were scored by local musicians Ammon Taylor (ZACH, Salvage Vanguard, Paramount Theaters), and Andrew Basile (of the band Hill and Range).
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Get div to fit content
I have a div in which I have a number of floated divs, creating a number of rows within. The way its setup (using a few clears to arrange the layout the way I want), with height of the parent is up to the top of the last row, and expands the entire width of the page (as expected).
I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to get the div to fit exactly the content that's within it. Because of the way its setup, I can calculate the height/width (the number of rows and their width are determined by the user) and give the parent div a hard set height/width, but that's adding a step I'd rather avoid.
Anyone know of a way to get the div, given it has floading divs within it, to fit the content? Or am I going to have to hard code it?
Small note, I am aware of using a clear: both at the bottom to have the vertical content fit (if just slightly over), but I'm not aware of that fixing the horizontal fit, and I'm more curious if there is a method of getting an exact/nearly exact fit, rather then a close fit.Last edited by Keleth; 08-05-2011 at 12:58 AM.
You can just float the container div too, to make it fit the width of the content
setting no height, will make the div fit the height.
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if u remove all height attributes it will by default expand to fit around it's children. until there is content the divs will be 0px high though... you may want to give everything a "hard-coded" height of something using the min-height property to assist you visually in coding
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The Washington Township PTA presents the OKRA DANCE COMPANY performing RHYTHM DANCES FROM AROUND THE WORLDBrass Castle School: Tuesday, January 27 at 9:10 and 10:10Port Colden School: Wednesday, January 28 at 9:30 Two skilled professional dancers will guide the children around the world exploring rhythmic folkloric dances from Mexico, Italy, China, Greece, Ireland, and more! Be prepared for audience participation!This program is funded in part by the Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission. The public is invited to attend.For more information, visit our PTA website:http://www.washingtontownship.my-pta.org
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Join Fusion Drum and Bugle Core for our annual Pasta Dinner & Gift Basket Raffle Fundraiser, Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the American Legion Post in Mine Hill, NJ - just minutes off I-80 in Morris County, NJ.Doors open at 5:30pm with dinner service beginning at 6pm. This delicious meal, served by your friends from Fusion Core, will include pasta, homemade meat sauce (and non-meat sauce for vegetarians), bread, salad, desserts, soda/coffee/tea. Take part in our Gift Basket Raffle for a chance to win 1 of 12 high-end gift baskets. $12/Person. Kids under the age of 3 eat FREE. Dinner will be served until 10pm.Visit us at FusionCoreNJ.com to purchase your tickets
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The Children's Dental Health Center at Englewood Dental will be sponsoring a Give Kids A Smile® event on Friday, February 6, 2015 at their office located at 370 Grand Avenue in Englewood. The program will provide under served children with free dental services. The program, according to Co-Director Anna Hong, DDS, is part of the Center's celebration of Children's Dental Health Month Nearly one in four children aged two to 11 years old has untreated cavities in their baby teeth, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many children enrolled in Medicaid receive no dental services throughout the year. Give Kids A Smile is held annually to: · Provide free, easily accessible dental services to qualifying individuals. · Raise awareness of the epidemic of untreated dental disease occurring locally and nationally and create local public and private partnerships to increase access to oral health care to solve this crisis. "Preventive care is critical to maintaining good dental health and overall well-being, and we will continue to participate in efforts to help those who need it," stated Dr. Hong. "Our board-certified pediatric specialist, Dr. Jennifer Akkaway, and our orthodontist, Dr. Gigi Paralkar, know the importance of instilling good dental habits at an early age. We are very proud to be able to provide care to children who may not otherwise be able to obtain it. The Children's Dental Health Center is dedicated to the care and treatment of children from age one to adolescents. A variety of free educational programs is offered during the year, including popular character visits along with free exams and proper brushing technique lessons. The first of 2015 features Olaf from the Disney movie, Frozen, and is scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 28th from noon to one p.m. The staff makes every effort to make children feel at ease and not develop a fear of the dentist. Korean and Spanish is spoken and special care is offered for those with special needs. Insurance is accepted. For more information, please call 201-871-3555 or visit www.englewooddentalkids.com.
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Raritan Bay Catholic Preparatory School / Sacred Heart School in South Amboy is holding their 16th annual Gift Auction on Saturday, February 21th at Sacred Heart Memorial Hall. The hall is located on Washington Ave. across the street from Sacred Heart Church. This year's theme is "Art Deco". Doors open at 6pm and the first ticket will be drawn at 7:30 pm. Along with numerous other gifts this year's prizes include a kayak, Go Pro Camera, CharBroil Grill, and an American Girl Doll Kit. Dessert and coffee will be served. All seats are reserved and this event will sell out, so don't delay! Tickets are now on sale for $15. Please call Doreen Deegan at 732-583-8571 or firstname.lastname@example.com to purchase.
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Hey all,
I am not computer savvy at all. I am having trouble with loading apps, specifically the ddshapes lisp. I understand I need a different formant, the .bundle. But i cant figure out how to make the xml doc and how to make it work with my 2013. I need pretty dumbed down step by step instructions. And help on where to put what files. Any help is grealy appreciaed!
I want to add that when i did try, it registered tha the command was there but said "error: stringnp nil"
I'm not familar with that lisp, but I did find one by that name, downloaded and unzipped it, added the folder for the unzipped files to AutoCAD2013's support path, then Apploaded ddshapes.lsp. It seems to work, but I'm not sure it's the same thing you have because there are no xml/doc files included.
So i followed what you did. I downloaded and unzipped the file. I placed it in the support folder under autocad 2013 and the loaded the app. The load was sucessfull and it recognizes the command but here is the response.
Command: DDSHAPES
Error: bad argument type: stringp nil
any thoughts?
The xml comment was me thinking I needed the .bundle setup.
where did youDL your ddshapes lisp from?
I just Googled the lisp name and came up with this. There are 11 files in the zip, they should all be in the same support folder
What OS are you running. I have a vague recollection of maybe having to install something in Windows7 to get some of my older lisps to work.
Soooo Im a mooooo-ron. I never assigned the support path under options. All better.
First app Ive ever done myself!
Cool.... nobody gets that right the first time.
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This article was first published in the November/December 2013 UK edition of Accounting and Business magazine.
It's raining in Bicester Village, but that doesn't put off the bargain-hunting coachloads of retail tourists descending on the Oxfordshire luxury outlet shopping centre. Even in the middle of the week, under the greyest of skies, the fashion boutiques are doing a brisk trade, with offers of at least a third off the price of their stock. Famous names such as Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren and Yves Saint Laurent line the main pedestrian thoroughfare alongside a host of other internationally recognisable brands, all vying for the attention of today's savvy, if somewhat damp, shoppers.
Which is all good news for Lynne Hunt FCCA, the village's administration and finance director. In what must be a shopper's dream job, Hunt is responsible for the smooth running and financial control of not just Bicester Village, but also Kildare Village outside Dublin, Ireland. The villages are two of nine Chic Outlet Shopping villages in Europe developed and operated by Value Retail, a company that specialises in luxury outlet shopping. Bicester Village is made up of more than 130 boutiques and numerous restaurants and cafés.
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'We are a very hands-on business,' explains Hunt. 'As landlords we don't just give a key to a retailer and let them get on with it. We have a whole army of people who work with the brands to help them maximise their sales potential. Our own retail team will help them ensure they have the right products at the right price points.'
Products and prices are integral to Bicester Village's success. The products will have been available in a brand's own store for at least a year and will go on offer in the village with at least a one-third price cut. 'The brands will offer the same quality of products, the same guest experience that is available at their own flagship stores,' Hunt says. 'Our development team will work with the brands to design the shop fit; they have to be of a very high standard and quality. The luxury brands that we have here are the top brands; they expect the best and we will keep an eye on how they fit with the village.'
It is a recipe that clearly works. Last year, despite ongoing economic difficulties (indeed perhaps because of these difficulties), the collection of villages attracted more than 30 million visits, six million of them to Bicester alone. Bicester Village employs in excess of 2,000 staff, many of them drawn from the local community by means of apprenticeship schemes and job fairs.
Likewise, many of the services supplied to the village's boutiques, such as cleaning and landscaping, are also provided by local businesses wherever possible.
But while the village might aim to employ staff from the local community, its target customer base goes much, much wider. In fact, the village sees itself as a tourist destination in its own right. Some 350 tour groups roll through the car parks every week in the height of summer, and there are special express travel services laid on from London, not to mention the tax refund facilities on offer in the village itself.
'We don't see ourselves in the retail business per se,' Hunt says. 'We see ourselves in the shopping tourism business, so it is all about how we can attract the international tourist.' And the clientele is truly international. Chinese shoppers make up the largest element of the international shopping brigade, followed by the Middle East, South East Asia, Hong Kong, Russia, Korea, India, Egypt, Nigeria and Taiwan. On a good day, the centre might look like an outing from the United Nations, which accepted Chic Outlet Shopping in 2012 as a UN World Tourism Organization affiliate member – the only one from the retail industry.
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Closer to home, Hunt has been involved in setting up express coach and train services to and from central London – it's all part of the customer experience that Bicester Village is keen to promote. 'Our tourist team meets with travel companies to tell them about the villages,' Hunt explains. 'What we want is to get people to visit us, and for the travel companies to tell people about us.'
This international outlook has helped Bicester Village weather the fierce economic storms that have been blowing through the retail sector. 'Our customer is international, discerning, savvy, and expects a superior service level together with value for money. It is all about the guest experience, and we want it to be memorable,' says Hunt.
As well as the experience, there are also practical advantages; visitors from outside the EU are able to claim back VAT on their purchases, which can make them a good deal cheaper than they are back home.
Bicester was the first shopping village in the collection, and Hunt also has responsibility for the group's most recent addition, Kildare Village.
Here, Hunt says that domestic trade is holding up well, and an increasing number of brands are looking to join the village. Last year Kildare Village welcomed 2.3 million visitors. 'It is certainly doing well when compared with the rest of the economy,' she says.
The running of the villages is split between a number of departments – operations, retail, marketing, tourism, retail development, leasing and legal. Hunt's finance team supports all the other parts of the business. 'We work across all the departments, and I like to think of us as advisers to the business. We work closely with them to find solutions to any ideas they might have and make them happen,' she says, adding that knowing how to present ideas in the right way can also be important. 'If something is going to cost a lot of money, it's good to know what the return on investment will be.'
She cites a new luxury coach service between Bicester Village and London: 'We suggested a new model for the team to consider, one based on risk and rewards.' Hunt's suggestion was to find a tour bus provider, 'because we are not in the bus business', and join forces to provide the service. Such a model shares the risks – and the rewards. 'It is a concept that has worked really well, and helped us because the tour coach provider knows the service inside out, they know what they are doing, they know when to change the coach size,' she explains.
Hunt heads a team of nine, which covers both Bicester and Kildare – a finance manager, two chief accountants, two general accountants, two brand accountants and two accounts payable accountants. They look after billings, service payments, collections, royalties and compliance, as well as keep an eye on retailers' weekly sales, quarterly sales certificates and annual sales audits.
'My role is to ensure that the finance team are effective in their performance, that they are accurate and that they are meeting deadlines. At the same time, I am an adviser to the business on all activities, and I do like to challenge costs and services wherever necessary.'
Hunt has not always been in the retail and tourism business, so how did she get here? 'My career really changed once I passed my ACCA exams,' she says. 'I did them as a mature student, and it has been a winding road to this particular point.' She began her ACCA studies while living in Belgium and recalls sitting her exams in the British Council, with just three other students. 'When I came back to the UK, I would sit my exams with 300 other people!'
Shortly after qualifying, she was offered a job at CMI, a food safety company. 'It was probably one of my most important career moves,' she says. She joined as the designated FD and took her seat on the board after three months. It had a turnover of £3.5m when she joined, which had grown organically and through acquisitions to £16m by the time she left 10 years later. 'It was an SME, which allowed me to have lots of fingers in lots of pies,' she says. During her time there she set up a human resources function, put corporate governance procedures in place and established a good financial controls environment.
A different perspective
She was also the only woman on the board, and likes to think she brought some balance to it. 'I would be asked my opinion as a woman, which wasn't done in any sexist way.'
The business was eventually sold to NSF International, a US-based public health and safety business. 'They wanted a foothold in Europe, but we also had offices in Brazil, South Africa and India, so we were able to give them a great opportunity.' From her point of view, Hunt was especially satisfied that, during the due diligence process, there was not a single penny shaved off the purchase price.
'I got a note from some very happy shareholders,' she recalls.
And then the boutiques beckoned. 'If I'm perfectly honest, it was more the idea of Bicester Village than anything else that brought me here,' she says. 'I had seen the village grow, as I live just 30 minutes away and had been a shopper here over the years.' But when she arrived, it was a shock. The retail aspect was exciting, but also challenging. 'But what I really enjoy about my role is that it isn't just about the numbers; we all have a voice, we can all contribute, whatever our background. I'm not a retailer but I am a consumer, and as soon as I walk out of the office I can see it, live it and breathe it.'
Aside from looking after the financial running of two large shopping villages, Hunt finds time to sit on ACCA's Council, to which she was first elected while working for CMI back in 2007. And again, she relishes the international elements of the organisation. 'There are 36 councillors from all over the world,' she says. 'It is so diverse.' Her experience as a mature student is also being called on, as she has been put forward for the ACCA's qualification committee, which is looking at, among other things, computer-based exams.
Back in Bicester Village, despite the rain clouds, the outlook remains sunny. The double-digit growth reported by Value Retail since Bicester Village's opening has not been impaired by recession, and judging by the queues forming under umbrellas outside a number of well-known fashion brand boutiques, shopping tourism is here to stay.
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